Dead to Sin

Baptism is not a symbol, it is a sacrament. Meaning, it has spiritual ramifications in the heavenly realm. When we are baptized, Paul says we are baptized into Christ's death, burial and resurrection. And because we died with Christ, we are also raised victorious with Him. And just as sin has no mastery over Jesus, it no longer has mastery over us. Just as Jesus is free to live fully to God, we too are now free to live fully to God.